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Geocent to hold ribbon cutting today at Cummings Research Park

Geocent

Geocent CEO Bobby Savoie, left, and Mike Ogles, senior vice president of Geocentâs Engineering Services Sector, at press conference last year at the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County. (Submitted photo by Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County)

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Louisiana-based Geocent, an engineering and technology company, will hold a ribbon cutting at 3 p.m. today at its new engineering sector headquarters in Cummings Research Park.

The ribbon cutting will take place at Geocent's new offices on 6703 Odyssey Drive. The company, which moved to Huntsville in August of 2012, has already hired about 50 local employees, with plans to hire 50 more within the first year of operation.

Geocent is headquartered
in Metairie, La., and runs offices
in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Charleston, S.C., and Stennis Space
Center, Miss. The small business works with clients in government,
defense, homeland security, aerospace, social services and commercial
industries, such as oil and gas exploration, marine transportation and
healthcare.

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